UFN 18 odds and ends
by Jacob Camargo on April 02, 2009

UFN 18 is in the books and here are some tidbits that came out of the event:

*Tyson Griffin, Rafael dos Anjos, Aaron Simpson, and Rob Kimmons each received $30,000 bonuses for their UFN 18 performances. Griffin and dos Anjos earned "Fight of the Night" for their entertaining main card fight; Griffin walked away victorious via unanimous decision. Simpson took home "Knockout of the Night" following his first-round TKO of Tim McKenzie on the preliminary card, which happened to be the only knockout on the card . Rob Kimmons was awarded  "Submission of the Night" for his performance over Joe Vedepo on the undercard, in which he put Vedepo to sleep via a deep guillotine choke.

* UFN 18 drew a record-setting official attendance of 10,267, thus topping last September's  UFC Fight Night 15 for the highest “Fight Night” attendance.  The live SpikeTV event also produced a live gate of $626,077.

*TUF 8 light-heavyweight winner Ryan Bader claims he may have suffered a torn MCL and possibly a torn ACL in his unanimous decision victory over Carmelo Marrero at UFN 18.

*Steve Steinbeiss, whose fight with Ryan Jensen at UFC Fight Night 18 was cancelled last minute due to a medical approval issue regarding Jensen, was paid his salary and win bonus by the UFC.

 

HOW WILL THE NICK DIAZ VS. CARLOS CONDIT FIGHT END AT UFC 143
Diaz def. Condit via TKO/KO
Diaz def. Condit via submission
Diaz def. Condit via decision
Condit def. Diaz via TKO/KO
Condit def. Diaz via submission
Condit def. Diaz via decision
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